The uses of the stranger: circulation, arbitration, secrecy and dirt

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dc.citation.epage330en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber4en_US
dc.citation.spage312en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber24en_US
dc.contributor.authorKarakayali, N.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-08T10:17:01Z
dc.date.available2016-02-08T10:17:01Z
dc.date.issued2006en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Political Science and Public Administrationen_US
dc.description.abstractLittle attention has been paid to the role of strangers in the social division of labor that is otherwise a key concept in sociological theory. Partly drawing upon Simmel, this article develops a general framework for analyzing the "uses" of "the stranger" throughout history. Four major domains in which strangers have often been employed are identified: (1) circulation (of goods, money, and information); (2) arbitration; (3) management of secret/sacred domains; and (4) "dirty jobs," The article also explores how these activities relate to the characteristics of stranger-relations. It is suggested that such an inquiry, in addition to helping us to understand how the presence of strangers in a society affects the processes of social differentiation, might equip us with a conceptual framework often lacking from purely political and ethical considerations of stranger-relations. © American Sociological Association.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1467-9558.2006.00293.xen_US
dc.identifier.issn0735-2751
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/23657
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherSage Publications, Inc.en_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9558.2006.00293.xen_US
dc.source.titleSociological Theoryen_US
dc.titleThe uses of the stranger: circulation, arbitration, secrecy and dirten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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